US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Aug. 12 for "Implant device with MEMS (microelectromechanical system) actuated membrane" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,726, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Implant device with MEMS (microelectromechanical system) actuated membrane" was invented by Emanuel Marc Loertscher (Bonstetten, Switzerland) and Diego Monserrat Lopez (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant device having a biointerface. The implant device comprises a cavity and a structure enabling a flow path between the cavity and an environment of the implant device. An actuatable membrane is interposed in the flow path. The device includes a power-generating unit and a control unit, where the latter is connected to the power-...